Kenya vs Peru: Breakdown of habitable land area

Kenya

1.17 million hectares

in 2019

Peru

1.25 million hectares

in 2019

Kenya rank

25th

Peru rank

23rd

Breakdown of habitable land area over time

Peru currently reports 1.25 million hectares against 1.17 million hectares in Kenya, a difference of 74,990 hectares.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 25th and Peru ranks 23rd of 235 countries.

Indicator: Breakdown of habitable land area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 1,175 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Habitable land is defined as ice- and barren-free land. Agricultural land is the sum of croplands and pasture for grazing.